Courts of Justice and Court Officers (Superannuation) Act, 1961
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Superannuation gratuities for and in respect of judges and justices. |
2.—(1) This section applies to— | |
(a) a person appointed a judge of the Supreme Court, the High Court or the Circuit Court or a justice after the passing of this Act, and | ||
(b) a person who, in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of this Act and of regulations under section 6 of this Act, adopts the provisions of this section. | ||
(2) Upon the grant of a pension under the Acts to any person to whom this section applies, there shall be granted to that person a gratuity of an amount equal to one and one-half times the yearly amount of the pension (including any part thereof surrendered under section 7 of this Act) as reduced under subsection (5) of this section. | ||
(3) Upon the death, while holding office as a judge of the Supreme Court, the High Court or the Circuit Court or as a justice after five years' service or upwards as a judge or justice, as the case may be, of any person to whom this section applies, there shall be granted to the legal personal representative of that person a gratuity of an amount equal to the yearly amount of his salary as a judge or justice, as the case may be, at the time of his death. | ||
(4) If any person to whom a pension under the Acts and a gratuity under this section have been granted dies at a time when the amount paid to him on foot of the pension and the gratuity is less by any sum than the yearly amount of his salary as a judge of the Supreme Court, the High Court or the Circuit Court or as a justice, as the case may be, at the time when he ceased to hold office as such judge or justice, as the case may be, there shall be granted to the legal personal representative of that person a gratuity of an amount equal to that sum. | ||
(5) The yearly amount payable, but for this subsection, of a pension granted under the Acts to a person to whom this section applies shall be reduced by one-fourth. |